Example sentences of "[coord] [noun prp] [vb past] off [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time she had fetched her second cup of tea , Mrs. Mounce was on to their relations with their bank manager , and Tessa kicked off her shoes and tucked her legs up beneath her to be companionable . |
| 2 | A corn-coloured moon climbed up the sky outside the closed window and Tom turned off his lamp so that there was no competition for the warm moonlight . |
| 3 | His early attempts at evening wear were often disastrous , inspiring groans at the Oscars when Michelle and Julia showed off their sludgy simplicity to an overdressed audience hungry for sparkles and sequins . |
| 4 | When Barry and Morna sent off their first £10 ActionAid sent back a personal file on Baindu , and her community , plus a photograph . |
| 5 | Joseph followed Suit with Dong , and when the commotion died own and they had bidden the Annamese boys goodnight , he and Paul stripped off their shirts and walked over to the bamboo skinning platform where Chuck was already back at work on his buffalo hide . |
| 6 | The jury has heard after Magee and O'Brien drove off their Sierra was chased by Pc Whitehouse and WPc Larkin in another police car . |
| 7 | There was a chill wind on the Hill of the Dead , but Biff took off his top-hat and mopped his forehead with a red spotted handkerchief . |
| 8 | His voice was low , but Oz slid off his chair immediately and made for the door . |